Firmware

Malta uses YAMON for its firmware. YAMON determines various Core card models and their endianness automatically. The YAMON image contains Big and Little endian parts and "magic" code to determine the current endian.

Linux support

The Malta is fully supported by Linux 2.4 and Linux 2.6. Since generally the main GIT tree on linux-mips.org is more geared towards development a separate Malta Linux Repository that's geared towards absolute stability on Malta is being maintained by MIPS Technologies Inc.